India
Telangana activists launch Deeksha
WARANGAL: About 50 families of Telangana youths, who had ended their lives for the cause of separate Telagnana, launched a deeksha..
Chennai: Bye bye metro rail; hello monorail
It was the year when Chennai, chanting the mantra of Metro Rail, turned to the monorail along with the change in power equations in the State.
Afghan girl tortured after refusing prostitution
Sahar Gul is covered in scars and bruises, with one eye still swollen shut six days after her rescue.
TAPAS dance festival to begin
CHENNAI: The TAPAS Cultural Foundation is conducting an exclusive dance festival from January 8 to 14, 2012 as part of its fifth a..
Kodak loses third director in a week
Laura Tyson, a professor and White House advisor, told Kodak she was resigning from its board.
Its raining jobs in Andhra Pradesh
HYDERABAD: It hasnt exactly been a cloudburst of jobs, as promised by the Kiran Kumar Reddy government, but it is raining jobs. I..
'CIA planted surveillance device on Nanda Devi'
The secret US mission to spy on China after it detonated its 1st atom bomb in 1964 threatened to disrupt ties between New Delhi and Beijing.
Endowments department reclaims 6,141 acres
HYDERABAD: The endowments department has reclaimed 6,141 acres from private persons through endowments tribunal. So far the ..
3 hurt in Londa as youth fires at train
BELGAUM/HUBLI: Three people on the Nizammuddin-Vasco Express were injured after a youth opened fire with his revolver at Londa rai..
Ram Jethmalani's daughter passes away
Rani Jethmalani, a SC lawyer, was admitted in Breach Candy Hospital with multiple-organ failure earlier this month.
Farmers on indefinite fast
BARGARH: With the model code of conduct for the ensuing panchayat polls in effect, the district administration has expressed helpl..
Birla tyres production comes to a halt
BALASORE: The labourers of Birla Tyres have stopped production completely for the last couple of days over their long-standing dem..
Diwakar celebrates decision to keep PRP out
HYDERABAD: The news coming from the Congress high command in Delhi that induction of PRP legislators _ C Ramachandraiah in particu..
Pakistan media trying to break taboos
HYDERABAD: The media in Pakistan is slowly, but steadily, going against the popular beliefs and is finding its going tough,says Su..
Visually-Impaired teachers given training
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The visually-challenged teachers in the state would soon grow out of the need for a helping hand to take them ..
Six Forbes India calls in 2011 that were right
From US pullout in Afghanistan to the world's hottest startups, Forbes India got six predictions right this year.